Meccan
Number of verses
19
سُورَةُ العلق
Surah Al-Alaq
Revelation order
1
Surah number
96
Pronunciation guide
aa, ee and oo mark long vowels. ay sounds like the vowel in ‘eye’, and aw like ow in ‘now’. j is like j in ‘jump’; kh is like ch in Scottish ‘loch’; dh is the voiced th in ‘this’; gh is an Arabic throat sound. q is pronounced farther back than k. ʾ marks a glottal stop, and ʿ the throat consonant ʿayn. ḥ, ṣ and ṭ mark Arabic sounds without exact English equivalents. Doubled consonants are held longer. Words within each verse are connected; the verse ending is read with a stop. Nasal n and m transitions and recitation lengths are only approximated in writing.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Bismil-laahir-raḥmaanir-raḥeem
In the name of God, the Most Compassionate, the Merciful.
ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ
Iqraʾ bismi rabbikal-ladhee khalaq
Read in the name of your Lord, who created.
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ
Khalaqal-ʾinsaana min ʿalaq
He created the human being from a clinging substance.
ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ
Iqraʾ wa-rabbukal-ʾakram
Read, and your Lord is the Most Generous,
ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ
Al-ladhee ʿallama bil-qalam
who taught by the pen;
عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ
ʿAllamal-ʾinsaana maa lam yaʿlam
He taught the human being what he did not know.
كَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ لَيَطْغَىٰٓ
Kallaa ʾinnal-ʾinsaana layaṭghaa
No! The human being indeed transgresses,
أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ
Ar-raʾaahus-taghnaa
because he sees himself as self-sufficient.
إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ
Inna ʾilaa rabbikar-rujʿaa
Indeed, the return is to your Lord.
أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يَنْهَىٰ
Araʾaytal-ladhee yanhaa
Have you seen the one who hinders
عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ
ʿAbdan ʾidhaa ṣallaa
a servant when he prays?
أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ
Araʾayta ʾin kaana ʿalal-hudaa
Have you seen—if he is rightly guided,
أَوْ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقْوَىٰٓ
Aw ʾamara bit-taqwaa
or enjoins piety?
أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
Araʾayta ʾin kadh-dhaba wa-tawallaa
Have you seen—if he denies and turns away?
أَلَمْ يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ
Alam yaʿlam bi-ʾannal-laaha yaraa
Does he not know that God sees?
كَلَّا لَئِن لَّمْ يَنتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ
Kallaa laʾil-lam yantahi lanasfaʿam bin-naaṣiyah
No! If he does not stop, We will surely drag him by the forelock;
نَاصِيَةٍ كَـٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ
Naaṣiyatin kaadhibatin khaaṭiʾah
a lying, sinful forelock.
فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُۥ
Falyadʿu naadiyah
Then let him summon his assembly;
سَنَدْعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ
Sanadʿuz-zabaaniyah
We will summon the guards of Hell.
كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب ۩
Kallaa laa tuṭiʿhu wasjud waqtarib
No! Do not obey him, and prostrate yourself and draw near.
Quran text: Tanzil Project — Uthmani, Version 1.1. Text reproduced verbatim.
